[HTML][HTML] Chronic neck pain: making the connection between capsular ligament laxity and cervical instability

D Steilen, R Hauser, B Woldin… - The open orthopaedics …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The use of conventional modalities for chronic neck pain remains debatable, primarily
because most treatments have had limited success. We conducted a review of the literature …

In vitro biomechanics of the cervical spine: a systematic review

H Ansaripour, SJ Ferguson… - Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In vitro testing has been conducted to provide a comprehensive understanding of the
biomechanics of the cervical spine. This has allowed a characterization of the stability of the …

Biomechanics of the lower thoracic spine after decompression and fusion: a cadaveric analysis

D Lubelski, AT Healy, P Mageswaran, EC Benzel… - The Spine Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Background context Few studies have evaluated the extent of biomechanical destabilization
of thoracic decompression on the upper and lower thoracic spine. The present study …

The hemisection approach in large animal models of spinal cord injury: overview of methods and applications

S Wilson, SJ Nagel, LA Frizon… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Translating basic science research into a safe and effective therapy for spinal
cord injury (SCI) requires suitable large animal models for testing both implantable devices …

Evaluating screw stability after pedicle screw fixation with PEEK rods

J Wu, L Shi, D Liu, Z Wu, P Gao, W Liu… - Global spine …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Animal experiment. Objective: To evaluate whether the use of
polyetheretherketone (PEEK) rods for posterior spinal fixation can improve screw stability …

Technical Notes for Establishing a Cervical Fusion Model in Goats Based on Distinctive Anatomy

H Yang, J Wang, H Xu, F Zhang… - Tissue Engineering Part C …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Goat is an adequate experimental model for cervical spine testing. However, studies on the
anatomy of the cervical spine in goats are limited, and there is no uniform standard for …

[HTML][HTML] Sheep cervical spine biomechanics: a finite element study

NADV Watson, AA Gandhi, DC Fredericks… - The Iowa orthopaedic …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods The model was based on anatomy defined using medical images and included
nonlinear material properties to capture the high flexibility and large neutral zone of the …

Can the sheep model fully represent the human model for the functional evaluation of cervical interbody fusion cages?

L Wang, Y Wang, L Shi, P Liu, J Kang, J He… - … and Modeling in …, 2019 - Springer
Sheep model is the most favourable choice for animal study for functional evaluation of the
cervical fusion prostheses before clinical application; however, significantly large differences …

Ovine hemisection model of spinal cord injury

S Wilson, DC Fredericks, S Safayi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction We are developing ovine models of spinal cord injury to test novel
neuromodulation-based methods on spasticity. The hemisection has been reported in a …

Mechanical role of the posterior column components in the cervical spine

RA Hartman, RE Tisherman, C Wang, KM Bell… - European Spine …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose To quantify the mechanical role of posterior column components in human cervical
spine segments. Methods Twelve C6-7 segments were subjected to resection of (1) …